tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5318769205830450416..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: The Top Ten Gothic Novels - Chosen by Anna Mazzola Mary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-22539682377010872272018-10-08T15:08:57.708+01:002018-10-08T15:08:57.708+01:00Loved them all! Try John Harwood's novels, ver...Loved them all! Try John Harwood's novels, very gothic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02224737391791162859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-87476054454823231512018-10-05T21:28:35.613+01:002018-10-05T21:28:35.613+01:00As I dislike books with horror, scares, etc, I hav...As I dislike books with horror, scares, etc, I have always steered well clear of anything described as 'gothic', but I have read both Rebecca and Beloved and thought them excellent books. It's a good job I didn't know they were Gothic!Michelle Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499490029910905577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16626554034335465542018-10-03T12:06:43.734+01:002018-10-03T12:06:43.734+01:00You've given me some tips for future reading! ...You've given me some tips for future reading! I've loved Sarah Waters' other books, so must catch up on 'The Little Stranger,' -- and 'Beloved' and 'The Lonely' sound intriguing.<br />But no M. R. James? No Le Fanu? Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-9378579703945391192018-10-03T01:04:45.778+01:002018-10-03T01:04:45.778+01:00I’ve read about half of these. I bet the complaint...I’ve read about half of these. I bet the complaints about Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights increased their sales! I’ve always thought the ghosts in Turn Of The Screw were in the governess’s head, and I have to tell you that I found the film version, The Innocents, one of the scariest films I’ve ever seen, because no gore could beat the human imagination! The Bloody Chamber was, after all, Bluebeard, right? So yes, scary and Gothic. What could be more Gothic than Bluebeard? Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com